{"product_id":"this-mortal-boy-book-fiona-kidman-9781910709580","title":"This Mortal Boy","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eWinner of The Ockham New Zealand Book Awards 2019\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the Ngaio Marsh Crime Writing Awards 2019\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the New Zealand Booklovers Prize for Fiction 2019\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eWinner of the NZ Heritage Book Awards 2018\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eShortlisted for the International Dublin Literary Awards 2020\u003c\/strong\u003e 'Magnetic' \u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eNew York\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e \u003c\/em\u003eTimes\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e 'At once moving, compelling and ultimately tragic'\u003cstrong\u003e Liz Nugent\u003c\/strong\u003e  \u003cstrong\u003eThe offender is not one of ours. It is unfortunate that we got this undesirable from his homeland.\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cp\u003eAuckland, October 1955. If young Paddy Black sings to himself he can almost see himself back home in Belfast. Yet, less than two years after sailing across the globe in search of a better life, here he stands in a prison cell awaiting trial for murder. He pulled a knife at the jukebox that night, but should his actions lead him to the gallows? As his desperate mother waits on, Paddy must face a judge and jury unlikely to favour an outsider, as a wave of moral panic sweeps the island nation.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFiona Kidman's powerful novel explores the controversial topic of the death penalty with characteristic empathy and a probing eye for injustice.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49506841755921,"sku":"GOR009793043","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ NEW \/ GARDNERS","offer_id":49736363442449,"sku":"NGR9781910709580","price":15.09,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":50402506965265,"sku":"CIN1910709581G","price":6.76,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ LIKE_NEW \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":53138275074321,"sku":"GOR010486692","price":10.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/1910709581.jpg?v=1750900196","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/this-mortal-boy-book-fiona-kidman-9781910709580","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}